Electric-light shade.



G. ELIAS & W. MENDEL.

ELECTRIC LIGHT SHADE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. ISIS.

1,217,582- I Patented Feb. 27,1917.

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s The a GEORGE ELIAS, OF IRVINGTON, AND WILLIAM MENDEL, OF NEWARK, "NEWJERSEY.

ELECTRIC-LIGHT SHADE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented Feb, 27,1917,

Application filed April 3, 1916, Serial No. 88,441.:

vViLinAM MENDEL, both citizens of the United States, and residents ofIrvingtonand Newark, respectively, in the county of Essex and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Electric- LightShades, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to translucent shades of porcelain or the likewhich are employed with high power incandescent lamps, such as nitrogenlamps, to secure a system of semi-indirect lighting, the lower. part ofthe bulb being inclosed in a globe shade open at its top and having adisk-like reflector arranged a little distance thereabove around theneck of the bulb.

The objects of the invention are to provide improved supporting meansfor the globe part of the shade to enable the re-- flector to be flutedor otherwise ornamentally shaped to diffuse the light; to support theglobe with least possible obstruction to light; to support said globe sothat it will not fall even if the edge of the reflector chips olf; tosupport the globe fromthe middle of the reflector where it is support-Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, and.

Fig. 3 is a detail View of a clip which can be employed onthe globe.

In the specific embodiment of the inven-. tion illustrated in saiddrawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates an electric light socket ofany suitable or well-known type having thereon the usual shade holder 2and carrying a lamp or bulb 3. Supported by the shade holder in theusual manner is a reflector 4, which may be of glass, proce- I lain orany other material adapted to the purpose. It is to be noted that thisreflector provides at its middle part a neck 5 from which the bodyportion flares outwardly and downwardly, said neck being adapted toenter the holder 2 an'dhaving an enlarged or flare top 6 beneath whichthe screws 7. of the holder-project, as is usual. The body portion 8 ofthe reflector is preferably annular and furthermoreis preferably flutedor undulatory, providing a series of wave-like ridges 9 extendingradially of the reflector. These ridges are of greatest height at theperiphery of the reflector and diminish in height toward the center,preferably disappearing entirely before reaching the neck ,5. It will beunderstood that this is the preferred form of the body portion of ourreflector, although .it is within the scope of our invention to have itplain cone-shaped or ofany suitable form.

Around the neck 5 of the reflectorv is a ring 10 of any suitableconstruction and material, and at separated points around this ring,preferably ateven distances'apart, connecting members 11, preferablyflexible such as chains, are attachedthereto. These connecting members11 extend radially of the reflector l and lie each in a hollow or groove12 between two, ridges ,9. of the reflector, so that they are held bysaid ridges in proper spaced relation. around the reflector, especiallyat its periphery. The members 11 bend over the edge or periphery of thereflector, extending below the same, and are connected at their ends toclips 13 upon the globe 1 1. It will be noted that this globe is open atits top, and that the lamp or bulb 3 depends into the same from thesocket 1. The globe may be frosted or otherwise made to diffuse thelight shining therethrough, and a little space is left between theglobeand the reflector to obtain an indirect illumination by reflection.

The clips 13 may be of any kind adapted to suitably engage the beadedrim 15 of the globe and receive the connecting members 11. For purposesof-illustration,' we have shown spring clips which snap ontothe rim andfrictionally engage it, providing eyes 16 at their upper ends todetachably receive hooks 17 on the ends of the connecting members 11.Said connecting members being preferably flexible, or chains, as stated,the globe can adjust itself with respect to the reflector and hangfreely and naturally. The entire shade will thus. assume a symmetricalappearance automatically, the fluted reflector keeping the connectingmembers 11 in proper relative position. The ring or band 10 upon thereflector, to which the connecting members are attached, (is preferablycut out of sheet metal and split or divided in any suitable mannertopass over the neck 5 of the reflector and lie flat upon the body portion8 of the reflector, as

shown. For illustration, We have shown one end of the ring slotted as at18 to receive a tongue 19 on the other end, but any other suitableconstruction might be employed.

By our improved construction there are no screws or other looseand'removable parts to become lost or broken, and the weight of theglobe is carried by the ring at the center of the reflector, so that incase the reflector becomes chipped or broken at its edge, the globe isstill supported and not allowed to fall. Also, the clips and chains arenot conspicuous, adding to rather than detracting from the pleasingappearance of the light shade, and interfering the least possible amountwith the radiation and reflection of the light. Furthermore, thereflector, by use of the chains, may be much larger than the diameter ofthe upwardly open rim of the globe, obtaining greater efliciency inreflection and adapting the light to meet varying conditions and tastes,in that a large or small globe may be used with a reflector and viceversa.

Obviously many detail modifications and changes may be.made in themanufacture of our improved electric light shade without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention, and we do not wish to beunderstoodas limiting ourselves except as required by the followingclaims when construed in the light of the prior art.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is 1. An electriclight shade comprising in combination a reflector with a neck adapted toreceive a lamp socket and be attached thereto, a globe below saidreflector, and means extending from adjacent said neck radially of thereflector above the same beyond its edge to the globe for supportingsaid globe. V

2. An electric light shade comprising in combination a reflector with aneck adapted to receive a lamp socket and be attached thereto, a globebelow said reflector, a ring or band around the neck of the reflector,and connecting means extending from said ring over the edge of thereflector for supporting said globe.

3. An electric light shade comprising in combination a reflector with aneck adapted to receive a lamp socket and be attached thereto, a ring orband around said neck, connecting members extending from said bandradially oi": the reflector beyond its periphery, and a globe supportedby said connecting members beneath the reflector.

4:- An electric light shade comprising in combination a reflector with aneck adapted to receive a lamp socket and be attached thereto, a ring orband around said neck, flexible connecting members extending from saidband radially of the reflector beyond its periphery, and a globesupported by said connecting members beneath the reflector.

5. An electric light shade comprising in combination a reflector with aneck adapted to receive a lamp socket and be attached thereto, a globebelow said reflector, and means extending from adjacent said neckradially of the reflector and supporting said globe, said means beingpositioned circumferentially of the reflector by peripheral recessestherein.

6. An electric light shade comprising in combination a radially fluted?reflector, a globe below said reflector, and means retain-ed in positionby the flutingsof the reflector for suspending the globe from thereflector.

7. Anelectric light shade comprising in combination a fluted reflectorproviding an annular series of radially extending ridges and hollows, aglobe below said reflector, flexible members lying in said hollows ofthe reflector and held thereby in spaced relation for supporting saidglobe, and means extending around the middle part or" said reflector forsupporting said members.

8. An electric light shade comprising in combination a fluted reflectorproviding an annular series of radially extending ridges and hollows andhaving at its middle an upwardly extending neck, a globe below saidreflector, a ring extending around said neck, and'chains carried by saidring and lying in the hollows of said reflector and held thereby inspaced relation for supporting said globe.

GEORGE ELIAS. WILLIAM MENDEL.

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